TTLV: Vietnam's relationship with the Southern African Development Community

1. Student's full name: Nguyen Mai Phuong 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: July 28, 1984

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision to admit graduate students: Decision to admit graduate students No. 4295/2016/QD-XHNV dated December 16, 2016, signed by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title: Vietnam's relationship with the Southern African Development Community

8. Major: International Relations Code: 60 31 02 06

9. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hien

Affiliation: Institute for the Middle East and Africa

10. Summary of the thesis results:

To provide an overview of the recent state of relations between Vietnam and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the thesis "Vietnam's Relations with the SADC" systematizes the latest cooperation data in political-diplomatic relations, economic-trade relations, and several prominent areas of Vietnam's cooperation with SADC member countries. Based on this, the thesis identifies the advantages and disadvantages in the cooperation process, and then analyzes and evaluates the current situation to propose solutions to address the difficulties and obstacles in the cooperation between the two sides.

Based on methods of synthesizing, analyzing, and comparing collected data, this thesis presents the most up-to-date data on cooperation between Vietnam and countries of the Southern African Development Community, specifically cooperation between Vietnam and its three main partners in the Community: South Africa, Mozambique, and Angola. The thesis identifies four advantages and four difficulties in the cooperation process between the two sides; proposes three prospects for cooperation; and finally, offers three basic policy suggestions for Vietnam to promote cooperation between the two sides.

11. Practical applications:

This document is valuable for reference in teaching as well as in implementing Vietnam's relations with the Southern African Development Community.

12. Future research directions:

Within the scope of a master's thesis, the topic is only studied to a certain extent. However, the topic could serve as a foundation for further research on cooperation between Vietnam and the Southern African Development Community.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

Nguyen Ngoc Tri (2008),"The activities of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the past period"Journal of African and Middle Eastern Studies.

Tran Thi Lan Huong (2009),"Agricultural development cooperation in Africa: characteristics and trends"Social Sciences Publishing House.

Nguyen Thanh Hien (2008),"International cooperation to address Africa's global problems,"Social Sciences Publishing House.

Do Duc Thinh(2008), “South Africa: The path toward democracy, justice and prosperity”,Social Sciences Publishing House.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Mai Phuong 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: July 28, 1984 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 4295/2016/QD-XHNV dated December 16, 2016 of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: Relations between Vietnam and South African Development Community

8. Major: International Relations Code: 60 31 02 06

9. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. PhD Nguyen Thanh Hien

Employer: Institute for Africa and Middle East Studies.

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

In order to have a general view on the state of the relations between Vietnam and South African Development Community (SADC) in recent times, the thesis “Relations between Vietnam and SADC” has systematized all the latest facts and figures in political, diplomatic, economic and commercial areas of cooperation between Vietnam and SADC countries. With this database, the thesis has analyzed the real situation of relations, identified advantages and difficulties, and pointed out solutions for the cooperation between the two sides.

With the methodology of generalization, analyzes and comparision, the thesis has introduced the latest facts and figures of mutual cooperation between Vietnam and SADC countries, including that between Vietnam and the three main partners in the region: South Africa, Mozambique and Angola. The thesis has also identified four advantages and four difficulties of the mutual cooperation, drawn out three cooperation prospects and eventually proposed three main policy suggestions for Vietnam with the aim to boost the mutual cooperation.

11. Practical applicability:

This thesis can be applied teaching as well as in the development of Vietnam's relations with the Southern African Development Community.

12. Further research directions:

Within the framework of a master's thesis, the subject focuses on a certain area of ​​research. However, the topic may be the foundation for further research on the relations between Vietnam and South African Development Community (SADC) in recent times

13. Thesis-related publications:

Nguyen Ngoc Tri (2008), "Recent activities of the South African Development Community (SADC)" Journal of African and Middle Eastern Studies.

Tran Thi Lan Huong (2009), "Agricultural development cooperation in Africa: characteristics and trends", Social Sciences Publisher.

Nguyen Thanh Hien (2008), "International cooperation addressing global issues of Africa", Social Sciences Publisher.

Do Duc Thinh (2008), "South Africa: The Road to democracy, justice and prosperity", Social Sciences Publisher.